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Charles Curtis was the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under President Herbert Hoover. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. An enrolled citizen of the Kaw Nation born in the Kansas Territory, Curtis was the first Native American to serve in the United States Congress, where he served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate before becoming…

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politics · Vice President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 · politician · prosecutor · lawyer · also Charles Curtis, Curtis

Born 25 January 1860 · Died 8 February 1936 · Q271023

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Jan 1929Milestone
Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1929–1933).
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Jan 1927Milestone
Career landmark: United States senator (1927–1929).
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2026· 4 entries

Aug 22, 2026Documented record71% confidence

ESPN: Inter Milan sign Curtis Jones signing from Liverpool

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Aug 21, 2026Documented record76% confidence

The New York Times: Inter complete signing of Curtis Jones from Liverpool

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Jun 20, 2026Documented record75% confidence

Public attention spiked: 4,151 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10× the usual 414, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Post–vice presidency (1933–1936)

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May 31, 2026Documented record75% confidence

Public attention spiked: 5,615 Wikipedia readers in one day, 13.6× the usual 414, with 0 article edits.

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1936· 1 entry

Feb 8, 1936Documented record86% confidence

Died 1936-02-08.

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1932· 2 entries

1932Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Became the first United States vice president to open the Olympic Games

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1932Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

As president, with a popular vote of 57% to 40%

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1929· 3 entries

Jan 1, 1929Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1929–1933).

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1929Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

That his sister be treated officially as the Second Lady at government functions

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1929Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The problems of the Great Depression deepened during the Hoover administration and resulted in the defeat of the Republican ticket in 1932

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1928· 1 entry

1928Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Curtis had his long-since-married sister, Dolly Curtis Gann (March 1866 – January 30, 1953), act as his official hostess for social events

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1927· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1927Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1927–1929).

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1926· 1 entry

Dec 20, 1926Documented record70% confidence

And June 18, 1928 – occurred while Curtis was a senator

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1925· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1925Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1925–1927).

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1923· 2 entries

1923Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Curtis, together with his fellow Kansan Representative Daniel Read Anthony Jr

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Jan 1, 1923Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1923–1925).

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1921· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1921Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1921–1923).

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1919· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1919Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1919–1921).

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1917· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1917Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1917–1919).

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1915· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1915Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1915–1917).

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1914· 1 entry

1914Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Curtis was elected to Kansas's other Senate seat by popular vote and was re-elected in 1920 and 1926

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1912· 1 entry

1912Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Democrats won control of the Kansas legislature and so Curtis was not re-elected

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1911· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1911Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: President pro tempore of the United States Senate (1911–1911).

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Jan 1, 1911Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1911–1913).

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1909· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1909Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1909–1911).

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1907· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1907Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1907–1909).

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Jan 1, 1907Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States senator (1907–1907).

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1906· 1 entry

1906Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And then by popular vote in 1914, 1920, and 1926

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1902· 1 entry

1902Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The Kaw Allotment Act disbanded the Kaw Nation as a legal entity and provided for the allotment of its communal land to members in a process similar to that experienced by other tribes

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1899· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1899Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States representative (1899–1907).

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1884· 1 entry

Nov 27, 1884Documented record70% confidence

Curtis married Annie Elizabeth Baird (1860–1924)

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1868· 1 entry

Jun 1, 1868Documented record66% confidence

One hundred Cheyenne warriors invaded the Kaw Reservation

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1863· 1 entry

1863Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

When he was 3 years old, but he lived for some time thereafter with his maternal grandparents on the Kaw reservation and returned to them in later years

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1860· 2 entries

Jan 25, 1860Documented record66% confidence

In North Topeka, Kansas Territory, a year before Kansas was admitted as a state

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Jan 25, 1860Documented record86% confidence

Born 1860-01-25.

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